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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 40 p. 147 (DB Cooper-15839), Teletype, dated Jul 1977, serial SE 164-81-7604 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-40/pages/147
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PAGE THREE, MP 164-73, CLEAR
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[REDACTED] ALSO TOLD HIM THAT THE PLACE THE HIJACKER WAS
THOUGHT TO HAVE BAILED OUT OF THE NWAL FLIGHT WAS INCORRECT,
BUT [REDACTED] DID NOT STATE THE EXACT LOCATION. [REDACTED] SAID
THAT D. B. COOPER (HIJACKER) DIED IN 1975, NOT AS A RESULT
OF BAILING OUT OF THE NWAL FLIGHT, AND COOPER HAD SPENT TIME
IN PRISON, POSSIBLY NEBRASKA, WITH JAMES EARL RAY. [REDACTED]
TOLD [REDACTED] THAT HE HAD NOTES ON THE HIJACKING AND [REDACTED]
SAID HE WANTED TO SEE THEM, AND TOLD [REDACTED] THEY COULD
COMPARE EVERYTHING THEY HAD.
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE INFORMATION CONCERNING JAMES
EARL RAY MAY HAVE SOME CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] FURNISHED [REDACTED] AS SET FORTH IN LITTLE
ROCK TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY 20, 1977, AND MAY CONNECT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] IN SOME WAY.
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[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT HE HAS ONLY SUPPLIED [REDACTED] WITH
GENERAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS IN THE NEWSPAPERS. HE WAS
ASKED ABOUT SPECIFICS WHICH [REDACTED] MENTIONED TO [REDACTED] AS
MENTIONED IN ABOVE LITTLE ROCK TELETYPE, AND STATED HE